Chicken (Revision 3810)

The chicken (also known as Duck) is a passive mob that can be used as a source of eggs, feathers, and raw chicken. They spawn in or near jungles as well as plains biomes. They can be breeded using seeds. They are 1-hit killed with any sword.

While feathers and raw chicken are obtained by killing a chicken, only a live chicken will lay eggs. These eggs can be thrown and will be a chance of producing a baby chicken on impact. They are somewhat small and agile especially the chickens you get from breeding. If a chicken is falling, it will flap its wings, slowing the fall. If in water, it will rapidly flap its wings.

Specific Info

If a chunk is loaded, a chicken lays one egg approximately every 7.5 minutes (6000 to 12000 ticks).

There is a 1/8 chance of spawning a Chick when throwing an egg, and a 1/256 chance of spawning 4 chicks.